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Environment & Health
Eleven Billion Pieces of Plastic Bring Disease Threat to Coral Reefs
Coral reefs are in danger.
Drowning in Oil: How Trump’s Offshore Drilling Policies Will Impact the US Coastline
Over the next five years, more leases to drill will be sold than at any time in US history.
Diversity in Health Care and Medical Training Saves Lives
Implicit bias can have deadly outcomes for patients.
How to Bring Caring for Kids and Elders (and Other Acts of Love) Into the Economy
It's one of the most concrete representations of love that we have, yet it's extremely undervalued.
Let’s Raise Our Voices to Protect Medicaid for Unemployed People
Imagine telling a laid off employee they won't have Medicaid to fall back on.
Why Climate Change Is Worsening Public Health Problems
Climate change is making communities around the world more vulnerable to ill health.
Doomsday and the Apocalyptic Trump Nuclear War Fighting Doctrine
Trump seeks to deploy “more usable” nuclear weapons.
Millions of Americans Are Ingesting a Chemical Some Experts Believe Has No Safe Exposure Level
The EPA's lack of regulation may have deadly consequences.
Bayou Bridge Pipeline Faces Mounting Legal Challenges in Louisiana
“If the Bayou Bridge pipeline is built, a 75-foot-wide swath of trees will be pulverized.”
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Cost the Government More in the Long Run
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin wasted no time with imposing new Medicaid restrictions.